It may be many years, perhaps decades, before autonomous vehicles are the norm, but you can now hail and pay for a driverless ride in San Francisco, and that’s a pretty big deal. Meanwhile, automakers that have been collecting data from drivers […]
It may be many years, perhaps decades, before autonomous vehicles are the norm, but you can now hail and pay for a driverless ride in San Francisco, and that’s a pretty big deal. Meanwhile, automakers that have been collecting data from drivers […]
The U.S. federal government releases a trove of data on car crashes involving autonomous systems –– but nobody seems to know what to make of it yet. The only thing we know for sure is that Ferrari has no interest in ever making […]
Well, another tough week for Tesla and the law. Federal regulators are expanding their investigation into crashes involving Autopilot and a judge in California shoots down an attempt by the automaker to stop a racial bias suit. President Joe Biden’s climate accomplishments have fallen […]
We may have a deal! It looks like there is enough support in both parties to get an infrastructure deal through Congress that will provide $587 billion of new spending on roads, bridges, public transit, water systems, the electric grid and broadband. […]
It’s starting to look like President Biden will settle for an infrastructure deal much smaller than the $2.25 trillion dollar proposal he had floated in the spring. Eleven Republicans have joined dozens of Democrats in the Senate in support of a […]
A bipartisan group of moderates in the U.S. Senate is offering a compromise infrastructure plan that includes nearly $600 billion of new spending. Although the group says the deal will focus on “core” physical infrastructure, they’re not offering many details about how […]
Another week and another attempt by President Joe Biden to find Republican support for his big infrastructure deal. He’s trimmed his proposed package all the way down to $1 trillion and floated an alternative minimum corporate tax at 15% to pay for […]
As summer approaches, the prospects of a bipartisan infrastructure package appear slim. While a few members of both parties continue to say a compromise is possible, the two sides are not in the same ballpark in terms of spending, with Republicans […]
It’s not often you see a U.S. president behind a wheel, which is why the video of Joe Biden driving the all-electric F-150 Lightning in Dearborn, Mich. is the big news this week. The Michigan trip was all part of the […]
Lots of significant EV news last week. Researchers at Harvard believe they’ve achieved a major breakthrough in battery technology. Over in China, Tesla is hoping to keep its existing battery supplier honest by inking a deal with EVE Energy to become its second provider […]